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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Temple.

bad, 1850; s. of Sir Richard Temple, Bart; succeeded to Baronetcy, 1902; educ: at Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; joined service in the Army,1871; transferred to Indian Staff Corps, 1877; served in Afghan War, 1878-79; Burmese War,1887-89: Cantonment Magistrate, Punjab, 1879; Cantonment Magistrate, Mandalay, 1877; Deputy Commissioner, 1888, Special duty with Government of India in connection with Cantonment Regulations, 1890; President, Rangoon Municipality, and Port Commissioner, Rangoon, 1891; Chief Commissioner, Andamans, 1894-1904; retired, 1904; J.P. and D.L. for Worcestershire; Director, St. John Ambulance Association and Knight of Justice of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Member of many learned and Scientific Societies and whose Journals he has Contributed. Publications: Joint Author, Andamanese Language and Wide-Awake Stories; Legends of the Punjab (2 vols.); Edited “Fallon’Dictionary of Hindustani Proverbs”, Burnell’s Devil worship of the Tuluwas, etc., etc. Editor and proprietor of the Indian Antiquary, since 1884. Address: the Nash, near Worcester. Club: Carlton Naval and Military.

Templeton, Hon’ble Robert Stancer, M.I.C., A.I.C.E., F.R.G.S., Surveyor-General, Ceylon, since 1913. Address: Colombo, Ceylon.

Tennant, Lieut.-General James Francis, R.E., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., CLE, (1879), P.W.D., India, (retired); b. 1839; joined service in the P.W.D., Bengal, 1879; served in the Indian Mutiny; became Lieut.-General, 1884; retired the same year; Government Astronomer, Madras, 1889; Served in P.W.D., 1863; observed eclipse of the Sun, 1867-68 and 1871; Master of Mint, Calcutta,. 1874-84, Fellow, Royal Astrono mical Society. Address: Clifton Gardens, Maida Hill, W.

Teanon, Mr. Justice W., I.C.S., Offg. Judge, High Court, Calcutta; educ: at the Aberdeen University, and the King’s College, Cambridge; joined service, 1883; transferred to Assam, 1888; Deputy Commander, 1892; District and Sessions Judge, 1895; transferred to E.B.&A. 1906; Officiating Superintendent, Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to Legislative Council, Bengal, 1908; Officiating Judge, High Court, Calcutta, 1909; Special duty, 1911; confirmed as Judge, Calcutta High Court, 1913. Address: Calcutta, India.

Teversham, Colonel Richard Kinlock, D.S.O. (1887), Indian Army, (retired); s. of Major Mark Teversham; b. 1856; joined the Army, 1875; transferred to Indian Army, 1886; served in the Burma Expedition, 1886-87; A.A.G. to Madras Command;. Colonel, 1904; m. Ethel Mary, d. of W. A. Symonds, 1888; Officiated as A.A.G., Poona, before retirement.

Thackeray, Colonel Sir Edward Talbot, K.C.B. (1897); V.C. (1857), F.R.G.S., Indian Army, (retired); s. of Rev. Francis Thackeray; b. 1836; educ: at Marlborough and Addiscombe; joined the Royal Bengal Engineers, 1854; served in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; in the Rohilkhand Field Force, 1858; Afghan War, 1879-80; held

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